extraterrestrial

English

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Etymology

extra- +‎ terrestrial

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˌɛkstrətɚˈɛstriəl/
• (UK) IPA: /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛst.ɹi.əl/

• CA synth

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• Hyphenation: extra‧terrestrial

Adjective

extraterrestrial (comparative more extraterrestrial, superlative most extraterrestrial)

1. Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.

Translations

originating from outside of the Earth

• Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: قائِمٌ خارِجَ الأرْض (ar) (qaa’im khaarij al-’arD)
• Asturian: estraterrestre (ast)
• Catalan: extraterrestre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地球外的 (cmn) (dìqiúwài de)

• Czech: mimozemský (cs)
• Dutch: buitenaards (nl)
• Esperanto: ekstertera (eo)
• Finnish: avaruus- (fi)
• French: extraterrestre (fr)
• Galician: extraterrestre (gl)
• German: außerirdisch (de), extraterrestrisch (de)
• Greek: εξωγήινος (el) (exogíinos)
• Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu)
• Italian: extraterrestre (it)

• Japanese: (adn.) 地球外 (ja) (ちきゅうがい, chikyūgai)
• Korean: 지구밖 (ko) (jigubakk)
• Latin: extraterrestrialis (la) (Modern Latin), extraterrestris (la) (Modern Latin), extra terram (la) (Classical Latin)
• Norwegian: utenomjordisk (no)
• Occitan: extraterrèstre (oc)
• Polish: pozaziemski (pl)
• Portuguese: extraterrestre (pt)
• Romanian: extraterestru (ro)
• Russian: инопланетный (ru) (inoplanétnyj), внеземной (ru) (vnezemnój)
• Serbo-Croatian: vanzemaljski (sh), izvanzemaljski (sh)
• Spanish: extraterrestre (es); alienígena (es)
• Swedish: utomjordisk (sv)
• Turkish: uzaylı (tr), dünya dışı (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Noun

extraterrestrial (plural extraterrestrials)

1. A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien
   • 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, The Onion AV Club:

     Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:extraterrestrial

Related terms

• ET

Translations

being originating from outside of the Earth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外星人 (cmn) (wàixīngrén)

• Czech: mimozemšťan (cs) m
• Esperanto: eksterterano (eo)
• Finnish: avaruusolento (fi), avaruusolio (fi)
• French: extraterrestre (fr) m and f
• Galician: extraterrestre (gl) m
• German: Außerirdischer (de) m, Außerirdische (de) f
• Greek: εξωγήινος (el) (exogíinos) m

• Hungarian: földönkívüli (hu), űrlény (hu)
• Irish: eachtardhomhandach (ga) m
• Japanese: 宇宙人 (ja) (uchūjin) (うちゅうじん), 異星人 (ja) (iseijin) (いせいじん)
• Latin: ens extra terram (la) n
• Norwegian: utenomjordisk skapning (no) m
• Polish: kosmita (pl) m, kosmitka (pl) f
• Portuguese: extraterrestre (pt) m and f
• Russian: инопланетянин (ru) (inoplanetjánin) m
• Serbo-Croatian: vanzemaljac (sh) m, izvanzemaljac (sh) m
• Swedish: utomjording (sv) n (utomjordling (sv))

See also

• alien
• angel
• celestial
• extraplanetary being
• extradimesional being
• intra-planetary being
• off-planet personality
• spirit guide
• spirit
• star visitor
• time traveler
• little green man